Highly Efficient Generation of Transgenic Sheep by Lentivirus Accompanying the Alteration of Methylation Status

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Chenxi ^a,b,d   Wang, Liqin ^a,b,c   Li, Wenrong ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xuemei ^a,b,c   Tian, Yongzhi ^a,b,c   Zhang, Ning ^a,b,c   He, Sangang ^a,b,c   Chen, Tong ^a,b,c   Huang, Juncheng ^a,b,c   Liu, Mingjun ^a,b,c  

^a Xinjiang Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science   (China)

^d XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN GFP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA MODIFICATION; EGFP GENE; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LENTIVIRINAE; METHYLATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC SHEEP; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SHEEP; TRANSGENES; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84873879938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054614     Document Type: Article

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